Sash-cord guide



(No Model.)

J. A. BUROHAR'D.

SASH com) GUIDE.

No. 413,022. Patented Oot. 15,1889.

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JOHN A. BURCHARD, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

SASH-CORD GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,022, dated October 15, 1889.

Application filed February 23, 1889. Serial No. 300,805. (No model.)

' W'eight Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in sash-weight hangers, its object being to provide a simple and practical means for applying balancingweights to sash in houses already constructed in which the window-j ambs are not provided with pockets, and in which the studs are so near the jambs as to leave no space for weights between the studs and jambs.

The invention is fully described and explained in this specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hanger in operative position, the sash, j amb, and stud being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the line X. X, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar section. through. the line X. X, Fig. 1.

In the views, A is a jamb of an ordinary window-frame, and A is a stud supporting the frame, and so near to its outer surface that the space between them is not suflicient to receive a sash-weight. In a suitable horizontal opening made in the jamb and stud is placed the case of my improved hanger, the case being preferably made up of two parts 13 B, Figs. 2 and 3, and being of such length as to pass not only through a single stud A, placed near the casing, but also through a second stud A (shown in dotted lines,) in case such second stud is used, as it frequently is. The two parts of the case may be connected by a rivet R,'or in any other suitable manner, so that in handling and inserting it it may be practically a single piece. In the exposed end of the case is journaled an ordinary saslrpulley 0, having an annular groove in its margin for the reception of cord, and a similar pulley O is journaled in pulleys O O, one of its ends being fastened to a sash F, and its other end being fastened to a suitable balancing-weight, which may be inserted in the space beyond the stud, either by cutting through the janib and stud or by removing a portion of the siding attached to the outer face of the studding.

In order that the pulley 0' may always be at such distance from the pulley (O as to bring its outermost point beyond the outer face of the studding in proximity to the jamb, and at the same time may be as near the pulley O as is consistent with this position in relation to the studding, I prefer to make the pulley 0 adjustable in the case in some simple and practical way, one method being illustrated in the drawings. In the means of adjustment thus illustrated the pulley O is provided with gudgeons c, which, instead of being journaled in holes cast or drilled in the parts B B of the case, rest in notches l) b 19, formed in the lower man gin of a slot Z) in each of the walls of the case. These notches are inclined downward and toward the bearing of the fixed pulley C, so that when in use the pressure of the weight and cord tends always to hold them firmly in the proper working position and to prevent their accidental displacement. At the same time, however, the position of the pulley may be varied from one notch to another without separating the parts of the case. This particular means of adjustment is not an absolutely essential element of my invention, but is simple, practical, and adds nothing to the expense of manufacture of the case. As the lower margin of what may be called the working portion of the case must evidently be open, it is cut away, as shown in Fig. 1 and in cross-section in Fig. 3.

Having now described and explained my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the case 13, pro

vided with the slot b, having notches Z) Z), In testimony whereof I have signed this (820., in its lower margin, of a sash-pulley O, specification in the presence of tWo subscribjournaled at a fixed point in one end of said' .ing Witnesses.

case, and. a second pulley 0, provided with JOHN A. BURCHARD. 5 gudgeons 0, adapted to be shifted from one \Vitnesses:

to the other of said notches, substantially as R. H. \VILES, and for the purpose set forth, D. O. STOVER. 

